ACCPA appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services (Guide).

This response has been prepared from an aged care perspective, specifically to highlight issues pertaining to transition of care of older people (especially those living in residential aged care facilities), to inform the development of this Guide. To this end, ACCPA recommends inclusion of an aged care specific section to support ambulance services to deliver urgent care to older people in the community and in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), specifically during transition of care.